Knoxville Opera has announced its 2023-24 season of opera and related offerings. As in the…
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“If you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new.”
― Philip Glass, Words Without Music: A Memoir
Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘Susannah’ Finds Magic in the Outdoors
BY ALAN SHERROD There is an ineffable sense of magic in theatre that is…
This Week: Marble City Opera Goes Outdoors for Carlisle Floyd’s ‘Susannah’
Chamber opera has been the raison d’etre for Marble City Opera over its 10 years…
Review: KSO Wraps Season With Visceral Stravinsky and Emotional Beethoven
BY ALAN SHERROD Going big in a season finale symphony concert is, most assuredly,…
KSO This Week: “Beethoven and The Rite of Spring”
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra — “Beethoven and The Rite of Spring” Conductor: Aram Demirjian •…
Review: KSO Wraps 2022-23 Chamber Classics With Double Oboe Concertos and a Fabulous Beethoven Eighth
BY ALAN SHERROD Is it possible that the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra saved the best…
This Week: The Lusty Month of May Begins with KSO, UTSO, KJO, Jazz Tuesdays, et al.
The lusty month of May has arrived, although the “gusty” month of May is probably…
Review: Knoxville Opera Triumphs With ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
BY ALAN SHERROD Knoxville Opera began its life at the Bijou Theatre in 1978…
Review: UT Opera Theatre’s ‘Hänsel und Gretel’
BY ALAN SHERROD It felt like it had been forever since the University of…
Review: A Powerful Mozart ‘Requiem’ from Knoxville Symphony and Knoxville Choral Society
BY ALAN SHERROD Any discussion of past or present requiems inevitably begins with Wolfgang…
